{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2019:3348-1","published":"2019-12-19T15:13:05Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:00:17.530685Z","related":["CVE-2018-12207","CVE-2019-11135"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-12207","CVE-2019-11135"],"summary":"Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker","details":"This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues:\n\n  - feat: implement TAA detection (CVE-2019-11135 bsc#1139073)\n  - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection (CVE-2018-12207 bsc#1117665)\n  - feat: taa: add TSX_CTRL MSR detection in hardware info\n  - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub repo and MCEdb to build our firmware version database\n  - feat: use --live with --kernel/--config/--map to override file detection in live mode\n  - enh: rework the vuln logic of MDS with --paranoid (fixes #307)\n  - enh: explain that Enhanced IBRS is better for performance than classic IBRS\n  - enh: kernel: autodetect customized arch kernels from cmdline\n  - enh: kernel decompression: better tolerance against missing tools\n  - enh: mock: implement reading from /proc/cmdline\n  - fix: variant3a: Silvermont CPUs are not vulnerable to variant 3a\n  - fix: lockdown: detect Red Hat locked down kernels (impacts MSR writes)\n  - fix: lockdown: detect locked down mode in vanilla 5.4+ kernels\n  - fix: sgx: on locked down kernels, fallback to CPUID bit for detection\n  - fix: fwdb: builtin version takes precedence if the local cached version is older\n  - fix: pteinv: don't check kernel image if not available\n  - fix: silence useless error from grep (fixes #322)\n  - fix: msr: fix msr module detection under Ubuntu 19.10 (fixes #316)\n  - fix: mocking value for read_msr\n  - chore: rename mcedb cmdline parameters to fwdb, and change db version scheme\n  - chore: fwdb: update to v130.20191104+i20191027\n  - chore: add GitHub check workflow\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"spectre-meltdown-checker","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/spectre-meltdown-checker&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.43-3.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"spectre-meltdown-checker":"0.43-3.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:3348-1.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20193348-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117665"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139073"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135"}]}